Bangladesh plunges into Students’ Civil Disobedience as EU calls for probe into excessive use of state force

Student organisations in Bangladesh have called for a nation-wide civil disobedience. Earlier there had been violent clash between the law-enforcing agency of the State, the police and the students, in which there had been heavy causalities. Government troops reportedly have so far killed 200 protestors and over 30 children in order to suppress the anti-government protests, which has raised the concern of the international community. The European Union has called for an international probe into the excessive use of force by the Bangladesh Government.

On Saturday leaders of the student movement refused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's invitation for talks. The protesters laid siege on major streets in the capital.